4 Macabeos · Septuaginta griega de Brenton
4 Macabeos 13 Septuaginta griega de Brenton
Notas sobre este texto (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Εἰ δὲ τοίνυν τῶν μέχρι θανάτου πόνων ὑπερεφρόνησαν οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ, συνομολογεῖται πανταχόθεν, ὅτι αὐτοδέσποτός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
1 If then, the seven kindred despised troubles even to death, it is admitted on all sides that righteous reasoning is absolute master over the emotions.
2 Ὤσπερ γὰρ εἰ τοῖς πάθεσιν σουλωθέντες ἐμιεροφάγησαν, ἐλέγομεν γὰρ αὐτοὺς τούτοις νενικῆσθαι.
2 For just as if they had eaten of the unholy as slaves to the emotions, we would have said that they had been conquered by them.
3 Νυνὶ δὲ οὐχ οὕτως· ἀλλὰ τῷ ἐπαινουμένῳ λογισμῷ παρὰ περιεγένοντο τῶν παθῶν.
3 Now it is not so. But by means of the reasoning which is praised by God, they mastered their emotions.
4 Καὶ οὐκ ἐστὶν παριδεῖν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν· ἐπεκρὰτησεν γὰρ καὶ πὰθους καὶ πὸνων.
4 It is impossible to overlook the leadership of reflection, for it gained the victory over both emotions and troubles.
5 Πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἐστὶν τούτοις τὴν εὐλογιστίας παθοκρὰτειαν ὁμολογεῖν, οἱ τῶν μὲν διὰ πυρὸς ἀλγησόνων οὐκ ἐπεστράφησαν;
5 How, then, can we avoid according to these men mastery of emotion through right reasoning, since they didn’t withdraw from the pains of fire?
6 Καθάπερ γὰρ προπλήταις λιμένων πύργοις τὰς κυμάτων ἀπειλὰς ἀνακόπτοντες, γαληνὸν παρὲχουσιν τοῖς εἰσπλέουσιν τὸν ὅρμον.
6 For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,
7 Οὕτος ἡ ἑπτάπυργος τῶν νεανίσκων εὐλογιστία τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας ὀχυρώσασα λιμένα τὴν τῶν παθῶν ἐνίκησεν ἀκολασίαν.
7 so that seven-towered right-reasoning of the young men, securing the harbour of religion, conquered the tempest of emotions.
8 Ἱερὸν γὰρ εὐσεβείαν στήσαντες χορὸν παρεθάρσυνον ἀλλήλους, λέγοντες,
8 For having arranged a holy choir of piety, they encouraged one another, saying,
9 ἀδελφικῶς ἀποθάνοιμεν, ἀδελφοὶ, περὶ τοῦ νόμον· μιμησώμεθα τούς τρεῖς τοὺς ἐπὶ Ἀσσυρίας νεανίσκους, οἵ τῆς ἰσεπόλιδος καμίνου κατεφρόνησαν.
9 “Brothers, may we die brotherly for the law. Let us imitate the three young men in Assyria who despised the equally afflicting furnace.
10 Μὴ δειλανδρήσωμεν πρὸς τὴν τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀπόδειξιν.
10 Let’s not be cowards in the manifestation of piety.”
11 Καὶ ὁ μὲν, θάῤῥει ἀδελφὲ, ἔλεγεν, ὁ δὲ, εὐγενῶς καρτέρησον.
11 One said, “Courage, brother!” and another, “Nobly endure!”
12 Ὁ δὲ, ἔλεγεν, μνήσθητε πόθεν ἐστὲ, ἢ τίνος πατρὸς χειρὶ σφαγιασθῆναι διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὑπέμεινεν ὁ Ἰσαάκ.
12 Another said, “Remember of what stock you are;” and by the hand of our father Isaac endured to be slain for the sake of piety.
13 Εἶς δὲ ἕκαστος καὶ ἀλλήλους ὁμοῦ πάντες ἐφόρων φαιδροὶ καὶ μάλα θαῤῥαλέοι, ἐαυτοὺς, ἔλεγον, τῷ Θεῷ ἀφιερώσωμεν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας τῷ δόντι τὰς ψυχὰς, καὶ χρήσωμεν τῇ περὶ τὸν νόμον φυλακῇ τὰ σώματα.
13 One and all, looking at each other serene and confident, said, “Let’s sacrifice with all our heart our souls to God who gave them, and employ our bodies for the keeping of the law.
14 Μὴ φοβηθῶμεν τὸν δοκοῦντα ἀποκτενεῖν
14 Let’s not fear him who thinks he kills;
15 Μέγας γὰρ ψυξῆς ἀγὼν καὶ κίνδυνος ἐν αἰωνίῳ βασάνῳ κείμενος τοῖς παραβᾶσιν τῆν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
15 for great is the trial of soul and danger of eternal torment laid up for those who transgress the commandment of God.
16 Καθοπλισώμεθα τοιγαροῦν τῇ τοῦ θείου λογισμοῦ παθοκρατείᾳ.
16 Let’s arm ourselves, therefore, in the self-control, which is divine reasoning.
17 Οὕτως παθόντας ἡμᾶς Αβραὰμ καὶ Ἰακὼβ ὑποδέξονται, καὶ πάντες οἱ πατέρες ἐπαινέσουσιν.
17 If we suffer like this, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will receive us, and all the fathers will commend us.
18 Καὶ ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἀποστωμένων αὐτῶν ἀδελφῶν ἔλεγον οἱ περιλειπόμενοι, μὴ καταισχύνῃς ἡμᾶς ἀδελφὲ, μηδὲ ἀδελφὲ, μηδὲ ψεύσῃ τούς προαποθανόντας.
18 As each one of the kindred was hauled away, the rest exclaimed, “Don’t disgrace us, O brother, nor falsify those who died before you!”
19 Οὐκ ἀγνοεῖτε δὲ τὰ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος φίλτρα, ἅπερ ἡ θεία καὶ πάνσοφος πρόνοια διὰ τῆς μητρῴας φυτεύσασα γαστρός·
19 Now you are not ignorant of the charm of brotherhood, which the Divine and all wise Providence has imparted through fathers to children, and has engendered through the mother’s womb.
20 ἐν ᾗ τὸν ἶσον ἀδελφοὶ κατοικήσαντες χρόνον, καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῳ χρόνῳ πλασθέντες, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτῷ αἵματος ἀξηθέντες, καὶ δια τῆς αὐτῆς ψυχῆς τελεσφορηθέντες,
20 These brothers remained an equal time in their mother’s womb, and were formed for the same period, and nourished by the same blood, and were perfected through the same principle of life.
21 καὶ διὰ τῶν ἴσων ἀποτεχθέντες χρόνον, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν γαλακτοποτοῦντες πηγῶν, ἀφʼ οὗ συντέφονται ἐν ἐναγκαλισμάτων φιλάδελφοι ψυχαί·
21 They were brought forth at equal intervals, and sucked milk from the same fountains. Their brotherly souls were reared up lovingly together,
22 καὶ αὔξοντες σφοδρότερον διὰ συντροφίας, καὶ τῆς καθʼ ἠμέραν συνηθείας, καὶ τῆς ἄλλης παιδείας, καὶ τῆν ἡμετέρας ἐν νόμῳ Θεοῦ ἀσκήσεως.
22 and increase more powerfully by reason of this simultaneous rearing, and by daily companionship, and by other education, and exercise in the law of God.
23 Οὕτως δὲ τοίνυν καθεστηκυίας τῆς φιλαδελφίας συμπαθούσης, οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ συμπαθέστερον ἔσχον τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν.
23 Brotherly love being thus sympathetically constituted, the seven kindred had a more sympathetic mutual harmony.
24 Νόμῳ γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ παιδευθέντες, καὶ τὰς αὐτὰς ἐξασκήσαντες ἀρετὰς, καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ συντραφέντες βίῳ, μᾶλλον ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἥγαγον.
24 For being educated in the same law, and practicing the same virtues, and reared up in a just course of life, they increased this harmony with each other.
25 Ἡ γὰρ ὁμοζηλία τῆς καλοκᾳγαθίας ἐπέτεινεν αὐτῶν τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν.
25 For the same ardor for what is right and honorable increased their goodwill and harmony toward each other.
26 Σὺν γάρ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ ποθεινοτέραν αὐτοῖς κατεσκεύαζεν τὴν φιλαδελφίαν.
26 For it acting along with religion, made their brotherly feeling more desirable to them.
27 Ἀλλʼ ὁμοίως καίπερ τῆς φύσεως καὶ τῆς συνηθείας καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἠθῶν τὰ τῆς ἀδελφότητος αὐτοῖν φίλτρα συναυξόντων, ἀνέσχοντο διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν τοὺν ἀδελφοὺς οἱ ὑπολελειμμένοι τοὺς καταικιζομένους, ὁρῶντες μέχρι θανάτου βασανιζομένους.
27 And yet, although nature, companionship, and virtuous morals increased their brotherly love, those who were left endured to see their kindred, who were mistreated for their religion, tortured even to death.